In the afternoon of the same day, Ronan asked Connie to transfer George Romero's script to Shahai Entertainment. Whether it can cooperate depends on the project negotiations.

He once watched "The Land of the Living Dead". George Romero tried hard to make a lot of innovations due to the failure of "Zombies Out of Cage" that year, and the film looked very interesting.

But Ronan is not very clear about the specific market response.

However, many zombie movies, even if the box office is not very good, have a broad offline market.

For example, "Zombies Out of Cage" was a typical example of box office and reputation failure in the mid-1980s, but by the end of the 1980s, production companies not only relied on offline video tapes and TV markets to recover their investments, but also made great profits.

Later, another sequel was released.

Just as the box office of "Dawn of the Living Dead" was successful, Warner Bros., who witnessed the filming and production of this film almost the entire time, purchased the copyright of "Zombie Out of Cage" from Anchor Bay Entertainment, and is said to be preparing to film "New Zombie Out of Cage".

After years of relative silence, zombie themes will enter another period of activeness.

The wider the audience of zombies, the greater the future market space for the copyrights obtained by Shahai Entertainment.

"The Land of the Living Dead" still needs to control the investment scale. Ronan limited the standard to include the script copyright fee, and the production budget is about 10 million US dollars.

It is completely different to like George Romero's zombie films and investing in his zombie film project.

George Romero was very happy and accepted the conditions offered by Shahai Entertainment and was preparing to cooperate with Shahai Entertainment to shoot "The Land of the Living Dead".

Ronan received the news and personally attended the signing ceremony between Shahai Entertainment and George Romero.

Seeing George Romero's all-white hair and beard, Ronan suddenly remembered something. After the death of the father of modern zombie films, some movie fans mourned him and said: May the paradise George Romero go to be full of zombies...

There is Uncle Nine in the East, and there is George Romero in the West.

The zombie godfathers from the East and the West have already left.

The only difference is that after Uncle Ninth, the zombie films are in a slump.

Without George Romero, excellent zombie films are still coming out.

What Ronan did not expect was that after George Romero officially signed a contract with Shahai Entertainment and the news of filming a new zombie-themed movie appeared in the media, a large number of actors applied to Shahai Entertainment's production department in the Relativity Building.

Some well-known actors and celebrities have expressed that they are willing to star in this zombie movie even if they don’t have a penny of their salary.

This is not to say how appealing George Romero is.

George Romero does have the status of the founder of zombie-themed films. In fact, he has never been a first-line director in the mainstream film industry, and he has never filmed blockbusters that have attracted hundreds of millions of dollars worldwide.

It would be a bit strange to compare George Romero with Spielberg and James Cameron, but everyone admits that he can definitely be called "legendary".

It was him who created the popular zombie culture today.

George Romero's zombie films are the sentiments of too many people, including many actors and directors.

Edgar Wright, the director of "Zombie Sean", which was released in April this year, and the male lead Simon Peggy came to the Relativity Building together to star in George Romero's new zombie film, even if it was a zombie who was shot in the head when she showed up.

The daughter of the famous Italian horror film master Dario Arquito, a famous European female director and actress, and Elsa Arquito, who has served as the heroine of "Extreme Agent" in Hollywood, also called.

A famous American journalist, Susan Walls, who was nominated for the Pritz Prize, repeatedly expressed his strong desire to play as a zombie.

Roger Albert, who lashed out and abused "Night of the Living Dead" back then, was also willing to play as a zombie to make up for his past mistakes.

George Romero combined with the zombie theme has a huge impact.

Ronan also consulted George Romero on the adaptation of "The Walking Dead", and planned to invite him to direct a few episodes in the future, but George Romero refused without hesitation.

"I watched this series when it was first published. I didn't like this work, I didn't have any interest at all." George Romero did not hide his disgust for The Walking Dead: "It's like an eight o'clock soap opera, but sometimes there are zombies, and it's not a zombie work at all."

Shahai Entertainment invested $10 million to invest in George Romero's "The Land of the Living Dead", and the film will be released next year.

In the office, Ronan asked Connie: "Is there any clear news in New York?"

Connie replied: "No. The latest news came yesterday. Robert has seen Joan Claya Lee and Stan Lee's attorney Coa Morgan, and Avi Arad is communicating with Stan Lee's couple."

Ronan nodded slightly. The sooner the matter was resolved, the better the appointment was, the better the Relativity Entertainment had already made preparations to pay a certain price. After all, it would be the real trouble to delay the "Avengers Plan" exposure.

No matter how much accounting rules are used and through various means, the number of shares involved will be calculated in units of billions.

Perelman made a lot of quick money from Marvel back then, but left Marvel with trouble.

Anyone who has a little sense of responsibility for the company will sign such a contract with Stan Lee?

It can only be said that Perelman just wanted to make a big fortune in Marvel and did not consider long-term business at all.

Connie said at this time: "You have kept my attention to Twentieth Century Fox. I just got a news." She looked at Ronan and saw that he did not stop him. She said directly: "Twentieth Century Fox received a financing of up to $1 billion from Lehman Brothers to acquire several Internet companies, including ign entertainment and image sharing website Photobucket, and is preparing to integrate and form a social sharing and video website that belongs to Twentieth Century Fox."

Ronan immediately thought of the key: "Twentieth Century Fox wants to set up their Netflix."

"Yes." Connie has already analyzed: "This possibility is extremely high. Netflix's Internet business has attracted the attention of Hollywood. It takes time and effort to create the Internet business from scratch, and is far less convenient than direct acquisitions. Moreover, our success on Netflix has also allowed other companies to see successful cases."

Ronan asked, "Where are other companies?"

Connie replied: "There is a clear news at present. Warner Bros. is working with online resources from entertainment media such as Variety Shows and Entertainment Weekly to establish a brand new entertainment gossip website with other companies. Sony Columbia Pictures is discussing cooperation with Amazon. Walt Disney is looking for a suitable goal and also wants to take the acquisition route."

"The Twentieth Century Fox is moving very fast." Ronan gently tapped the armrest of the chair.

Connie said: "Once the acquisition is successful, 20th Century Fox can integrate the resources of these Internet companies. Although it will not threaten Netflix, it will also enter the same market."

Ronan understood Connie's meaning. An Internet company supported by 20th Century Fox and News Corporation is definitely developing faster than ordinary companies.

Of course he wouldn't watch it.

"You contact Mark Randolph." Ronan decided to use the simplest and most effective method: "Let Mark Randolph evaluate whether these websites are useful to Netflix, and let Netflix also tentatively quote them. Companies that are useful to Netflix must strive to win at a reasonable price. Companies that overlap or are useless must also form a competitive situation with 20th Century Fox, and cannot allow 20th Century Fox to succeed easily."

He emphasized: "Let Netflix drag time through competition, the longer it drags, the better."

"Okay." Connie saw that Ronan had nothing else to do, and said, "I'll inform Netflix now."

Netflix is ​​now dominant in the same industry. It must not only pay attention to its own development, but also not ignore potential competitors.

Mark Randolph received a notice from the head office and immediately asked someone to investigate several Internet companies. These companies are not unfamiliar with Netflix, all located in Silicon Valley. The image sharing website photobucket has also outsourced the picture business for Netflix.

This Internet company has very good technical capabilities, but unfortunately, like most startups, lack sufficient funds. Mark Randolph originally intended to acquire the company and is conducting some necessary investigations. After obtaining approval from the head office, he immediately accelerated his actions.

Because he had worked with Photobucket, Netflix learned about the actual situation of the company and quickly issued an invitation to acquire and tried to quote the price.

In addition, due to technical reasons, Mark Randolph also suggested to Ronan that the launch time of Netflix's streaming media business will be slightly pushed back.

Today's network bandwidth and most people's computer hardware are here. Even if Netflix has enough technology accumulation and wants the streaming media service to clearly transmit videos to users through the network, there are still many problems that need to be solved.

Netflix discovered a brand new network transmission technology in a Silicon Valley company. It had just completed a patent buyout, digested and applied it to the streaming media business, which took time.

However, with this technical support, under the same bandwidth, the video clarity provided by the streaming media service can be increased by 30%, and can effectively solve problems such as video lag.

This technology alone is worth waiting for a while.

At the same time, news in New York also reached Ronan. Robert Lee successfully resolved Stan Lee's contract problem with the assistance of Avi Arad.

Robert Lee convinced Stan Lee's daughter for only $2 million, and then she convinced Stan Lee in her own way for the money that was good at performance.

It is said that on the day Marvel and Stan Lee signed a normal agreement, there was a big bag on Stan Lee's forehead.
Chapter completed!